Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) collects data in order to track and monitor poverty levels and issues related to poverty. The 2012-2013 survey was the fifth wave of this series since it began in 1999. This survey gathered data from 6,887 households throughout all of the 112 districts in the country.

The data were collected through in-person interviews that contained questionnaires on the household, the community, the market, and labor. The questionnaires contained topic areas of household socioeconomic characteristics, work, community services, employment conditions, and prices.